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The World's Best Roses, 2nd Ed.
Photo courtesy of jedmar "The World's Best Roses / Pedigreed, Hand Hybridized Dahlia Seed (Seed and Pollen Parent Known) / Hybridized Gladiolus Seed / Honor Roll Dahlias (Used for Pedigreed Seed Production) / Treatise on Dahlia Hybridization / The Padre’s Own New Rose Productions / A Plea for a National Botanic-Genetic Rose Garden / DO NOT FAIL TO READ IT / The Padre's Botanical Gardens / 125 SOUTH MILPAS STREET / SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA" Printed in Santa Barbara, Ca. [From The Rose: An Encyclopedia of North American Roses, by Sean McCann, 1993, p. 148:] ...of the little gems of rose publishing still to be found today is his catalog of roses and dahlias, which he called The World's Best Roses.
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